School: Castlepollard (B.) (roll number 5513)
- Location:
- Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: William Coghlan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0720, Page 165
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- The leprechaun
The leprechaun is a small man about a foot in height.
He is dressed in a green coat, a pointed hat, a knee britches and a pair of boots with turned up toes.
He is usually seen sitting under a ditch or in the shade of a tree. He is nearly always making boots and the sound of his hammer is heard through the whole wood.One night my grandfather was coming from Collinstown he is said to have a leprechaun and here is the story.
When he was passing Ráe an Dún he heard the sound of a hammer and he wondered who it was. He looked out across the ditch and there he saw a leprechaun repairing his boots. He jumped out across the ditch and made an effort to catch the leprechaun and failed.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Christy Delamere
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
